Prevalence of Typhoid fever and Helicobacter pylori infection in local population of Faisalabad, Pakistan
Abstract BackgroundTyphoid fever and Helicobacter pylori infection increases the secretion of gastric acid that leads to gastric carcinoma. In this research, we have tried to investigate the prevalence of typhoid and H. pylori in Faisalabad, Pakistan.MethodIn the present study, we collected the laboratory reports from different hospital of Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) (Chicago, IL), version 25 was used for data processing.ResultOur results demonstrated that H. pylori was most frequent in male at the age of 41–50-year-old and typhoid in female having 21-30 age.ConclusionConclusively, mostly female in typhoid and male in H. pylori were infected. People having 21-30 age were greatly infected by typhoid. The patients owing the 41-50 age were more susceptible for H. pylori infections. By comparing the co-infection rate, we found that typhoid is most common in over all age group than H. pylori.